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Located on the Red Sea, Port of Neom has undergone a significant transformation since it began operations in August of 2022. Situated within Oxagon, a sustainable, futuristic, high-tech industrial port city as part of Saudi Arabia's Neom mega-trillion-plus-dollar region, the port will act as a central hub for not only shipping and receiving for the region but also as an advanced global manufacturing and...

Commissioned to create a family residence in an area known for its cold, snowy winters and hot summers, Florian Busch Architects has completed the House W. Taking the form of a timber barn-inspired structure that's partially covered in solar panels, the home's energy efficient design allows it to harness almost twice as much power as it requires annually.Continue ReadingCategory: Architecture, LifestyleTags: Building and Construction,...

Following a successful Kickstarter last year, home entertainment startup Valerion has now made its Plus 2 projector available for general sale. The newly renamed StreamMaster Plus 2 can put out 2,000 ISO lumens and throws 4K visuals at up to 300 inches.Continue ReadingCategory: Home Entertainment, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Projectors, 4K UHD, Laser

Scientists in the UK have successfully used gene therapy to restore some vision to legally blind children with an inherited retinal condition. All 11 children in the clinical trial saw improvements within weeks of a single surgical treatment.Continue ReadingCategory: Illnesses and conditions, Body & MindTags: Blind, Blindness, Retina, Eye, Vision, Sight, gene therapy, Genetics, clinical trials, Children

If you have trouble with migraines, eye stress, dry eye, or just need a spot of relaxation, a warm mask or a bit of eye massage might do the trick. We put Bob and Brad's EyeOasis 2 electric eye massager through its paces and here's what we found.Continue ReadingCategory: Wearables, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Wearable, Massage

Six years after the original S1R dropped, Panasonic has finally unveiled its successor. The Lumix S1RII is a beast of a full-frame mirrorless camera for both 8K video and high-end photography performance. It's also competitively priced to take on popular rivals.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Camera, Mirrorless Cameras, Panasonic, Lumix, 8K, Full-frame

Another unearthed gem from Indiegogo comes in the form of Terra Bikes’ audacious electric scrambler. There’s much to it – a big battery, purpose-built frame, lightweight body, and long travel suspension. But best of all it looks the part.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Scramblers, Electric Motorcycles, Indiegogo, Off-road

There's newfound interest in a little-known fleshy green fruit native to South and Central America, which has long been used in traditional medicine for protection against bacterial infection and even preventing and treating a vast range of cancers. But what exactly is it?Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Cancer, Antioxidant, Anti-inflammatory, Health, Fruit

Among other things, tea has already been shown to reduce depression, reduce the risk of diabetes, and possibly even extend its drinkers' lifespans. New research now indicates that tea also removes toxic heavy metals from the water in which it's being brewed.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness & Healthy Living, Body & MindTags: Northwestern University, Tea, Pollution

BMW has been slowly dropping breadcrumbs about its upcoming Neue Klasse range of electric vehicles (EV) over the last several weeks, and the latest teaser reveals nifty range-extending battery tech.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: BMW, Electric Vehicles, Battery, Battery+Electric+Vehicle

After winning over a hundred thousand iPhone users who wanted to attach a BlackBerry-style keyboard to their handsets, Clicks is now making its physical keyboard cases for a small selection of Android devices. Up first: Google's Pixel 9 and 9 Pro.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Android, Google Pixel, Samsung Galaxy, Keyboard, smartphones, Accessories, Motorola RAZR

While it's great that many types of paper can now be recycled, textile waste is still mostly just dumped or burned (with a few experimental exceptions). A new technique could change that by combining the two materials, using discarded cotton clothing to boost the strength of packaging paper.Continue ReadingCategory: Environment, ScienceTags: TU Graz, Recycling, Paper, Textile, Clothing, Waste

Internal combustion engines have long received flack for how wasteful they are. And while you can't argue about how inefficient they may be, the truth is that internal combustion has led the way for modern transportation since time immemorial.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Exhaust, Pollution, Thermoelectricity, Energy, Ice

A 2022 study of more than 36,000 high-quality MRI brain scans found drinking four units of alcohol a day – two beers, or two glasses of wine – can cause structural damage and brain volume loss equivalent to 10 years of aging. The findings proved to be the tip of the iceberg for researchers looking at how alcohol affects our brain.Continue ReadingCategory: Wellness &...

You may not know what a springtail is but man, those little things can jump! Scientists have now copied the creatures' jumping mechanism in a small robot that could one day explore places that people can't go.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Harvard, Biomimicry

Kia's got a bunch of new EVs in the pipeline, and I'm especially jazzed about this EV4 sedan. It's set to arrive stateside later this year, and boasts seriously solid range to give the Tesla Model 3 a run for its money.Continue ReadingCategory: Automotive, TransportTags: Kia, Electric Vehicles, Sedan

After a couple of successful Kickstarters for versions of its book-sized smart telescope, DwarfLab opted to jump straight into production for the Dwarf III. We've recently been out stargazing and wildlife watching with this latest dual-lens budget-friendly sky watcher.Continue ReadingCategory: Consumer Tech, TechnologyTags: Telescope, Astronomy, Astrophotography, Amateur astronomy, Reviews

Following the release of Microsoft's latest quantum computing chip last week, Amazon has unveiled its first one today, after four years in the making.Continue ReadingCategory: Quantum Computing, ScienceTags: Amazon, Quantum, Processing, Chips, Computers

Excavations have found that the brain of what seems to be a human male contained dark glass formed during the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. The effect can't be explained by lava temperatures alone, but rather a different event from the cataclysm.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Disasters, volcano, Bones, Archeology, Human, Brain

If you don’t know what a Koraidon is, well, you’re probably not alone. And you're also probably not into Pokémon. Koraidon is a dragon-type Legendary Pokémon that appears in the 2022 game Pokémon Scarlet.Continue ReadingCategory: Motorcycles, TransportTags: Concept Motorcycles, Honda, Honda Motorcycles, Nintendo, Self-balancing, Japan, Crazy

Energy company Helion is inching closer to its goal of firing up the world's first fusion reactor to produce usable electricity. It's currently considering a property in the city of Malaga, Washington, to set up a 50-MW facility and power Microsoft's data centers.Continue ReadingCategory: Energy, TechnologyTags: Helion Energy, Nuclear Fusion, Nuclear, Clean Energy

Even though they're in the animal kingdom's order of Carnivora – carnivorous species – Giant pandas spend up to 16 hours a day on their backsides eating bamboo. But contrary to the many jokes about the intelligence of these black and white bears, scientists have found that it's not because they're too dumb to know better. It's actually far more fascinating – and gives...

Figure is leveling up its humanoid robot business far more rapidly than any other robotics company I can think of right now. CEO Brett Adcock just announced it plans to begin alpha testing its robots in the home sometime in 2025 – that's two years ahead of schedule.Continue ReadingCategory: Robotics, TechnologyTags: Humanoid, Figure, Robots

Looking like something out of a science fiction thriller, Diehl Defence is showing off its CICADA eMissile, which is the centerpiece of the company's Sky Sphere system for defending against Class 1 and 2 small drones with minimal collateral damage.Continue ReadingCategory: Military, TechnologyTags: drones